Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-10
VOLUME II.
KANSAS NEWS.

terday filed in the Office of the secreta-
ry of the state by the 'St. Louis.
Wichita, Hays City & Southwestern
Railway company" The object of this
corporation is to build, equip and oper-
ate standard guage railroad from
railroad connection with st. Louis.
Missouri and Wichita Kansas, through
the. counties ofSedgwick, Reno, Stat
ford, Rice, Barton, Rush, Ellis, Rocks,
Philips, Graham, Norton and Decatur.
in the state of Kansas, to railroad
connections in the state of Nebraska.
Hays City is named as the principal
place of transacting the business of the
company, which is organized for a term
Of ninety nine years and with a CAPT
tai stock of 50, 900, 900 in $50, 900 500
shares. There are fifteen members of
the board of directors, as follows: w.
Warden, Aust Corbin and Isa Will
hanson, Pennsylvania; H. j. Roetzel
and E. L. Chapman, of Barton coun
ty, Kansas; A. G. Sanderson, of Rocks
county; John Bissell, of Phillips; w.
r. Hill, of Graham; l.. K. Pratt, of
Norton, and A. Patchen, of Decatur
county Kansas.-Topeka Commonwealth
The Rock Island road will have its
branch from St. Joseph to Topeka
completed and in operation in about
two weeks. At what western point
the Rock Island will stop building its
extension is a question which no one
outside the managers of the road can
answer, but it is now generally believ-
ed that it will build through to the
Pacific coast. 1t is known that the
COM any has purchased more steel rails
than will be used in the construction
of the road along lines already survey
ed, and this fact rather gives color to
the report that Pacific coast exten-
sion is under consideration, if it has
not b en- practically decided upon
Atchiso1 Globe.
At Wilsey on February 3rd., the
three months old child of John Gill
was burned to death and the mother,
in attempting to rescue it, had her
clothes set on fire and barely escaped
the same terrible fate The mother
had left the child in the tent at Ston-
aker's camp on Six Mile creek, four
teen miles from hero to go to a spring
for water. During her absence some
straw bnrning near the tent set the
canvas on fire. After the tent had
been totally consumed the body Vi ehe
infant was found burned to a crisp.
In conversation with Col. James
Morrow, of Lyons, while at McPher-
son, Col. Fisher impaired the
information that as soon as the Hutch
inson line was completed from McPher-
son, the attention of the Rock Island
managers will be turned to building q
line from Mcpherson to Great Bend
via Lyons. We don't know what our
neighbors in Sterling may think of the
project. Democrat.
: A fine vein of Tennessee granite has
been opened a half mile north of town.
It is indeed beautiful, susceptible of as
high apolish as our best imported gran
ite, and being found in practically in
exhaustible quantities, will prove a
bonanza to our city and county. Yates
Center Democrat.
The report that Orth Stein had kill
ed a telegraph operator named How
ard Stone at Prices Station, in y ah,
proved to be incorrect. The murder
er's name is Steen. a youth of only
nineteen years. Stone, the murdered |
man, formerly resided in Woodson
county Kansas.
The Leavenworth Times having said
that "Chautauqua is the banner cotton
county of Kansas" the Cherryvale
Torch replies: 'The Times evidently
is not acquainted with Captain Nc
Taggart's cotton farm in Montgomery
county"
In Labette county the county print
ing has been divided between two pa
pers, each of which is to receive one
half of legal rates for the delinquent
tax list and other advertising.
The state historical society has receiv-
a photograph of Major General Phil
lip St. George, who commanded in
Kansas during the trouble in 1856.
He is now living at Detroit.
A four pound German carp and
several smaller ones were recently
caught in Cow creek, in Rice county.
Kansas, where these fish have lived
when turned loose to run wild.
A 20 inch vein of coal has been dis.
covered at Admire City. Usage county.
1t is said to be inexhaustihle. The
mine will be opened immediately
Salina Republican.
Buffalo meat is selling in this city
at fifteen cents a pound. Just ten
years ago, it could be bought for two
and q half cents per pound. Dodge